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[Respectfully Republican] Human Rights Impromptus: This difference was highlighted in an article by Justin Burke of Eurasianet, a New York-based information group on Central Asia. "Georgia had the Rose Revolution, and Ukraine had the Orange Revolution. Both featured well-managed anti-government protests, in which highly-organized student groups functioned as shock troops, acting under the direction of cohesive opposition political leadership," he said. "Those two revolutionary efforts also benefited by having clearly defined and charismatic leaders - Mikhail Saakashvili in Georgia and Viktor Yushchenko in Ukraine - espousing relatively clear political programmes.

[Blog.kievukraine.info] Kiev Ukraine News Blog: From Kyrgyzstan on the Chinese border to Moldova, where Europe's only ruling Communist Party faces elections next month, opposition parties are eagerly studying Georgia's "Rose Revolution" and Ukraine's "Orange Revolution," which led to the triumph of pro-democracy forces. "The recent events in Ukraine have made people everywhere understand that taking to the streets gets the authorities' attention," says Tatiana Poloskova, deputy director of the independent Institute of Modern Diaspora, which studies Russian minorities in former Soviet countries.

[Gavinsblog.com] Gavin’s Blog.com » Georgia’s progress: Fulfilling the promise of ...: We have asked international organizations to do more. Our autonomy offer to South Ossetia is unprecedented and we will work with the international community for a resolution. Abkhazia remains a more difficult task. But we are working assiduously - with those in the region and our neighbor Russia - and I am confident we will peacefully heal the wounds of the Georgian nation.

[Orangeukraine.squarespace.com] Orange Ukraine - Journal of Ukrainian Current Events: Pora is still around, or at least the people in the organization are still around. However, during the events in the fall, a second group calling itself Pora also appeared (the original being "Black Pora [ru]" the newer one "Yellow Pora"). Since January the split between the two Poras has made it difficult for the group to establish a Pora party line even though they now have a political party [ru] because at least some would like to get into the Parliament [ru] in the March 2006 election.

[Re-so.net] Pro-democracy Agitation Sweeps Ex-Soviet States: Waving orange scarves and banners -- the colors of Ukraine’s revolution -- dozens of ... Uzbekistan’s gas-rich neighbor, Turkmenistan, is run by a North ...

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